A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 13:13:38 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 19:13:38 / November 10, 2015 @ 7:13 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5.24 km, -97.8118° West, 36.9277° North. Id of earthquake: us10003x3t. Event ids that are associated: us10003x3t. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.24 km (3 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winfield, Mulvane, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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